Samarah in motion and learning new tricks!

By Abbas -
I think I've said this before, but Samarah is at a really fun age right now.. it's hard to describe the feeling I get to see the sheer joy on Samarah's face when she manages to stand on her own (albeit leaning on something), take a hesitant step, grab a toy (or my face) or even the simple act of making eye contact. Kaniz and I truly feel blessed to have been gifted such a happy soul!

It's been a while since I've posted videos, so thought I'd share a few of the more recent ones so you can see Samarah in action. In the first video, shot in mid-December, you'll see Samarah having a great time with her walker:



Over the past few weeks, I've really noticed a huge increase in Samarah's capacity to learn - whether it's mimicking the sounds we make, playing with her toys, earnestly turning pages during storytime and even figuring out all the bait-and-switch games we play to get her to eat her dinner! One of her latest tricks is clapping! She's pretty good at it, although her hands only make contact about half the time:



This last video is Samarah's directorial debut.. it's a little shaky (think Bourne x 20), but still lots of fun (watch for Samarah to say the word 'director'!):

Comments

Geoffrey Wiseman said…
I love the sound of children laughing; very cute. We haven't been able to get Christophe to clap his hands no matter how we try, so far.
January 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Pierrette said…
she has the same black and white squish that Christophe has... were did you guys find it.
January 19, 2009 at 6:57 PM
kaniz said…
the skwish is from manhattan toy comp!
January 22, 2009 at 9:01 PM
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